Trumpet studies form an integral part of The European Academy of Arts music program. Many students begin their musical journey learning how to play the trumpet, one of the most versatile musical instruments.

Lessons are conducted individually. Teaching faculty is chosen to best suit the needs and abilities of a new student.

All trumpet lessons also involve music theory, and other related activities such as sightreading and ear training. Additional courses are offered to help strengthen a student’s grasp of those subjects.

All individual trumpet lessons are taught in clean and modern classrooms with acoustic pianos that are regularly tuned and maintained - something many competitors are unable to provide. Our faculty is highly professional and dedicated to sharing as much of their knowledge as possible with their students.

Our Faculty

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Dr. Donald Albrecht

Dr. Donny Albrecht enjoys an active career balancing his love of teaching and performing as a freelance trumpet player in the Washington, DC, area. Dr. Albrecht is the professor of trumpet at Frostburg State University, where he teaches jazz and classical trumpet. He has held teaching positions at several musical institutions over his 14-year teaching career. Dr. Albrecht's students have gone on to many careers as professional musicians and attended several top colleges and universities.

Dr. Albrecht has had the privilege of freelancing all over the US, performing with groups at the Kennedy Center, Boston Symphony Hall, Kupferberg Center for the Arts, Mondavi Center, Krannert Center, Beantown Performance Center, Murchison Performing Arts Center, JEN Conference, NTC Conference, Red clay Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, Bean Town Jazz Festival, Notre Dame Latin Jazz Festival, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Louis Armstrong Museum, and others. Dr. Albrecht has performed at several jazz clubs like Blue Note Nappa, Blues Alley, Mr. Henry's, Ryles Jazz Club, Scullers Jazz Club, Wally's Café, The Beehive, Scat Jazz Lounge, Jazz UpFront, The Canopy Club, and others.

Dr. Albrecht is a graduate of Berklee College of Music. At Berklee, he studied with Charlie Lewis and Lin Biviano. Upon leaving Berklee, Dr. Albrecht moved to study with Jay Saunders at the University of North Texas. Dr. Albrecht continued his musical studies in New York City, attending the Aaron Copland School of Music under the tutelage of Michael Philip Mossman with additional studies with Tony Kadleck and Nick Marchione. Upon graduating with his Master's in Music from Aaron Copland School of Music, he would earn his Doctoral Music degree at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign under Tito Carrillo, Ronald Romm, and Charles Daval. Dr. Albrecht would also start to study with Bobby Shew at this time.

Dr. Albrecht's dissertation entitled: Lead Trumpet Style: A Stylistic Analysis of Modern Lead Trumpet Playing through the Examination of Five Prominent Lead Trumpet Players features the stylistic analysis and interviews of Wayne Bergeron, Tanya Darby, Jon Faddis, Tony Kadleck, and Bobby Shew.

John Greear, trumpet, brass

John Bryant Greear is a native of Grand Prairie, Texas, where his love of music began when he first started playing the cornet in 1980. He studied trumpet with Professor John E. Moots at Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma, and Dr. Rick Bogard at the University of Texas in Arlington. In the spring of 1992, he enlisted in the United States Army as a bandsman and served with the 36th Army Band, located at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, until 1994. His next assignment took him to Heidelberg, Germany, where he performed with the Premier Army Band in Europe, the USAREUR Band & Chorus.

John and his wife, Bettina, have been residing in Lake Ridge, Virginia, for the past 22 years raising their three sons. Staff Sergeant Greear is a retired Army musician and proudly served over 15 years as a bugler with The United States Army Old Guard Fife & Drum Corps. John taught trumpet at the Levine School of Music in Washington, D.C. and Arlington, Virginia and is currently the trumpet instructor at Foxes Music Company in Falls Church, Virginia. He has performed as a cornetist with Brass of the Potomac, a local British style brass band under the leadership of Mr. Stephen Bulla and as a trumpeter with the Capital Wind Symphony under the baton of Maestro George Etheridge. In addition to teaching trumpet and cornet in his home studio, John also enjoys freelancing in various musical ensembles throughout the Washington, D.C. area, ranging from small pit ensembles to symphony orchestras.